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{{Infobox Ethnicethnic group
| group = Poles <br /> ''(Polacy)''
| image = Matejko Christianization of Poland.jpg
|image=
| caption = The [[Christianisation of Poland|Baptism of Poland]]. Detail from [[Jan Matejko]]'s ''[[History of Civilization in Poland|Christianisation of Poland AD 966]].
<small>Some well-known Poles and people with Polish roots.<br />Top: [[Marie Curie]], [[Pope John Paul II]], [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], [[Lech Wałęsa]], [[Joseph Conrad|Conrad]].<br />Middle: [[Wayne Gretzky|Gretzky]], [[Jan III Sobieski]], [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]], [[Rejewski]], [[Wajda]], [[Maximilian Kolbe|Kolbe]].<br />Bottom: [[Józef Piłsudski]], [[Stanislaw Lem|Lem]], [[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Brzeziński]], [[Harry Warner|Warner]], [[Krzysztof Wielicki|Wielicki]], [[Aleksander Wolszczan|Wolszczan]], [[Pola Negri|Negri]].</small>
| popplace = '''{{flagcountry|Poland}}'''{{nbsp|3}}38,000,000<ref name="stat">{{cite web|title=The national-ethnic affiliation in the population – The results of the census of population and housing in 2011|url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/Przynaleznosc_narodowo-etniczna_w_2011_NSP.pdf|access-date=6 March 2013|author=[[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Central Statistical Office]]|page=1|language=pl| date=January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="NSP 2011"/><ref name="Ludność"/>
|population =60 million (est.)<ref name="Swiat_Polonii">[http://www.wspolnota-polska.org.pl/index.php?id=pwko Świat Polonii, witryna Stowarzyszenia Wspólnota Polska: „Polacy za granicą”] (''Polish people abroad'' as per summary by Świat Polonii, internet portal of the Polish Association ''Wspólnota Polska'')</ref>
| region1 =[[Poland]] {{space|2}}{{USA}}
| pop1 = 3810,860600,000
| ref1 = <ref name="NSP 2011">{{Cite book|url=https://stat.gov.pl/files/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5670/22/1/1/struktura_narodowo-etniczna.pdf|title=Struktura narodowo-etniczna, językowa i wyznaniowa ludności Polski [Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011]|last=|first=|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|date=November 2015|isbn=978-83-7027-597-6|location=Warsaw|pages=129–136|language=Polish}}</ref><ref name="Ludność">{{cite book|author=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|date=January 2013|title=Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna|trans-title=Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011|url=http://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_ludnosc_stan_str_dem_spo_NSP2011.pdf|language=Polish|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|access-date=12 December 2014 |pages=89–101}}</ref><ref name="polmap"/><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024040808/http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2013|title=Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Polska|website=Wspolnota-polska.org.pl|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
|ref1 = <ref>[http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/opracowania_zbiorcze/b-s/2006/06_06/tabele/tabela14.xls Excel spreadsheet from Polish Central Statistical Office]</ref>
| region2 = [[United States]]{{space|2}}{{BRA}}
| pop2 = 103,024000,711000
| ref2 = <ref name="auto"/>
|ref2 = <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-state=dt&-context=dt&-reg=DEC_2000_SF4_U_PCT001:001|547;&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-TABLE_NAMEX=&-ci_type=A&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_B04003&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en 2006 Community Survey]</ref>
| region3 = [[Brazil]]{{space|2}}{{DEU}}
| pop3 = 12,800850,000
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2016-06/polen-deutschland-einwanderung-integration|title=Polen in Deutschland: Verstecken war gestern|first=Christoph|last=Herwartz|date=16 June 2016|publisher=Die Zeit}}</ref>
|ref3 = <ref>[http://www.wspolnota-polska.org.pl/index.php?id=pwko Polish Society in Brazil]</ref>
| region4 = [[Germany]]{{flag|Israel}}
| pop4 = 1,250,000 (ancestry, passport eligible);<ref name="ynet">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3376540,00.html|title=ynet דרכון פולני בזכות הסבתא מוורשה - כלכלה|work=ynet|date=16 March 2007 |access-date=18 March 2015|last1=סיקולר |first1=נעמה }}</ref> 202,300 (citizenship)
|pop4 = 1,055,700
| ref4 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_24x&CYear=2011 |title=Jews, by Country of Origin and Age |date=26 September 2011 |work=Statistical Abstract of Israel |publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] |language=English, Hebrew |access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|ref4 = <ref>{{de icon}} Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund - Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2005 [https://www-ec.destatis.de/csp/shop/sfg/bpm.html.cms.cBroker.cls?cmspath=struktur,vollanzeige.csp&ID=1020312 Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland] (German text about migrants in Germany) {{PDFlink|886&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]}}.</ref>
| region5 = [[Canada]]{{space|2}}{{CAN}}
| pop5 = 9841,010,565705
| ref5 = <ref name="Statistics Canada">{{cite web|title=Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey| date=8 May 2013 |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105396&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=}}</ref>
|ref5 = <ref>[[List of Canadians by ethnicity]]</ref>
| region6 = [[France]]{{space|2}}{{FRA}}
| pop6 = 9001,000,000
|ref ref6 = <ref>[[Polonia]]< name="polmap"/ref>
{{collapsed infobox section begin|Other countries}}
|region7 = [[United Kingdom]]
| region7 = {{space|2}}{{UK}}
|pop7 = (est.) 500,000
| pop7 = 911,000
|ref7 = <ref name="Swiat_Polonii" /><ref>{{en icon}} [http://www.polishexpress.co.uk/en/newspaper.aspx?id=1 Poles in the UK, Polish Express], source: government statistics.<br />'''^''' {{pl icon}} According to Tomasz Ziemba from Polish Express online 1,020,000 Polish visitors in the UK logged into Polish chatroom Gadu–Gadu in January: [http://www.polishexpress.co.uk/artykul.aspx?id=935 Policzyło nas Gadu–Gadu]<br />'''^''' {{pl icon}} Tomasz Wybranowski, [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1431925,2678,kioskart.html Korespondencja,] Tygodnik Przegląd, 22.08.2007, onet.pl<br />'''^''' {{en icon}} [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=384121&in_page_id=1770 Steve Doughty, Daily Mail,] Office for National Statistics recorded the number of Poles who have travelled to the UK in 2006 at over 2,000,000. The number of those who stay exceeds 250,000.</ref>
| ref7 = <ref name=polonia>{{cite web|title=Polish diaspora in numbers|url=http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024040808/http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2013|publisher=[[association "Polish Community"]]|access-date=21 November 2013|language=pl}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011census/2011ukcensuses British Office for National Statistics]</ref>
|region8 = [[Belarus]]
| region8 = {{space|2}}{{ARG}}
|pop8 = 400,000
| pop8 = 500,000
|ref8 = <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bo.html Poles in Belarus]</ref>
| ref8 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2004/04/27/t-749506.htm|title=Clarín.com – La ampliación de la Unión Europea habilita a 600 mil argentinos para ser comunitarios|website=Edant.clarin.com|date=27 April 2004 |access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|region9 = [[Lithuania]]
| region9 = {{space|2}}{{BLR}}
|pop9 = 250,000
| pop9 = 295,000
|ref9 = <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lh.html Poles in Lithuania]</ref>
| ref9 = <ref name="2009census">{{cite web|url=http://www.belstat.gov.by/en/perepis-naseleniya/perepis-naseleniya-2009-goda/main-demographic-and-social-characteristics-of-population-of-the-republic-of-belarus/changes-in-the-populations-of-the-majority-ethnic-groups/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728160107/http://www.belstat.gov.by/en/perepis-naseleniya/perepis-naseleniya-2009-goda/main-demographic-and-social-characteristics-of-population-of-the-republic-of-belarus/changes-in-the-populations-of-the-majority-ethnic-groups/|archive-date=28 July 2016 |title=Changes in the populations of the majority ethnic groups |website=Belstat.gov.by|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>
|region11 = [[Russia]]
| region10 = {{space|2}}{{RUS}}
|pop11 = 173,000
| pop10 = 273,000
|ref11 = <ref>[http://www.perepis2002.ru/content.html?id=11&docid=10715289081463 Poles in Russia]</ref>
| ref10 = <ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024040808/http://wspolnota-polska.org.pl/polonia_w_liczbach.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2013|title=Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Polska|author=Wspólnota Polska|website=Wspolnota-polska.org.pl|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|region12 = [[Australia]]
| region11 = {{space|2}}{{AUS}}
|pop12 = 150,900
| pop11 = 216,056
|ref12 = <ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/statistics/Sect1/Table1p08Aust.pdf Poles in Australia]|56.3&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 57733 bytes -->}}</ref>
| ref11 = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/2006Census3.nsf/logByLookupView?openagent&20050-XCP-Australia.zip&20060&Main%20Features&02006%20Census%20Expanded%20Community%20Profile28%2F11%2F071&0&2006&28.11.2007&Latest |title=Australia Census |access-date=2020-09-13 |archive-date=2020-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524063908/https://www.abs.gov.au/census?openagent&20050-XCP-Australia.zip&20060&Main%20Features&02006%20Census%20Expanded%20Community%20Profile28%2F11%2F071&0&2006&28.11.2007&Latest |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|region13 = [[Ukraine]]
| region12 = {{space|2}}{{LIT}}
|pop13 = 144,130
| pop12 = 164,000
|ref13 = <ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results Poles in Ukraine]</ref>
| ref12 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://alkas.lt/2015/12/16/a-butkus-lietuvos-gyventojai-tautybes-poziuriu/|title=A. Butkus. Lietuvos gyventojai tautybės požiūriu - Alkas.lt|first=VšĮ Tėviškės|last=alkas|date=16 December 2015 |publisher=}}</ref>
|region14 = [[Norway]]
| region13 = {{space|2}}{{UKR}}
|pop14 = 120,000
| pop13 = 144,130
|ref14 = <ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1443964.ece Aftenposten.no: - 120.000 polakker i Norge (Innenriks)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| ref13 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=00&p=80&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1%20%20%20&n_page=5|title=Ukrainian Census 2001|website=2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|region15 = [[Argentina]]
| region14 = {{space|2}}{{IRL}}
|pop15 = 100,000
| pop14 = 122,515
|ref15 = <ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2004/04/27/t-749506.htm Poles in Argentina]</ref>
| ref14 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011pdr/Census+2011+Highlights+Part+1.pdf|title=Server Error 404 - CSO - Central Statistics Office|website=Cso.ie|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref>
|region16 = [[Spain]]
| region15 = {{space|2}}{{NOR}}
|pop16 = 78,305
| pop15 = 120,000
|ref16 = <ref>http://www.ine.es/prensa/np503.pdf</ref>
| ref15 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1443964.ece|title=- 120.000 polakker i Norge|work=Aftenposten|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>
|region17 = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| region16 = {{space|2}}{{ITA}}
|pop17 = 63,090
| pop16 = 109,018
|region18 = [[Czech Republic]]
| ref16 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istat.it/salastampa/comunicati/non_calendario/20090226_00/testo_integrale_20090226.pdf|title=ISTAT|website=Istat.it|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905225705/http://www3.istat.it/salastampa/comunicati/non_calendario/20090226_00/testo_integrale_20090226.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|pop18 = 52,000
| region17 = {{space|2}}{{SWE}}
|ref18 = <ref>{{PDFlink|http://wtd.vlada.cz/files/rvk/rnm/zprava_mensiny_2001_en.pdf|1.41&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1485306 bytes -->}}</ref>
| pop17 = 75,323
|ref17 = <ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/PDR%202006%20Tables%2019-30.pdf Poles in Ireland]</ref>
| ref17 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/BE/BE0101/2012A01x/be0101_Fodelseland_och_ursprungsland.xls |title=Befolkning efter födelseland och ursprungsland 31 december 2012 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013|language=sv}}</ref>
|region19 = [[Latvia]]
| region18 = {{space|2}}{{BEL}}
|pop19 = 51,995
| pop18 = 70,600
|ref19 = <ref>[http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/statistika/dokuments/2010/ISVN_Latvija_pec_TTB_VPD.pdf]</ref>
| ref18 = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|region20 = [[Italy]]
| region19 = {{space|2}}{{ESP}}
|pop20 = 50,790
| pop19 = 70,606
|ref20 = <ref>[http://demo.istat.it/str2004/index.html Poles in Italy (click on Tutti i Paesi - Tavola)]</ref>
| ref19 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.es/en/prensa/np854_en.pdf|title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística Population Figures at 1 January 2014 – Migration Statistics 2013|website=Ine.es|access-date=2017-08-21}}</ref>
|region21 = [[Mexico]]
| region20 = {{space|2}}{{AUT}}
|pop21 = 50,000
| pop20 = 69,898
|ref21 = <ref>[http://www.meksyk.polemb.net/index.php?document=31 Poles in Mexico]</ref>
| ref20 = <ref>[http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/menschen_und_gesellschaft//bevoelkerung_am_1.1.2015_nach_detailliertem_geburtsland_und_bundesland-2.pdf] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}</ref>
|region22 = [[Kazakhstan]]
| region21 = {{space|2}}{{NLD}}
|pop22 = 47,293
| pop21 = 60,000
|ref22 = <ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Mes/pdf/51_cap1_2.pdf]|87.2&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 89306 bytes -->}}</ref>
| ref21 = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|region23 = [[Netherlands]]
| region23 = {{space|2}}{{LVA}}
|pop23 = 39,500
| pop23 = 44,783
|ref23 = <ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/CCD504EA-9D41-40C2-AE28-BFB0A51C2045/0/2005k3b15p096art.pdf Poles in Netherlands]|162&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/x-pdf, 166421 bytes -->}}</ref>
| ref23 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csb.gov.lv/en/notikumi/key-provisional-results-population-and-housing-census-2011-33306.html|title=On key provisional results of Population and Housing Census 2011|website=Csb.gov.lv|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706185754/http://www.csb.gov.lv/en/notikumi/key-provisional-results-population-and-housing-census-2011-33306.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region24 = [[Austria]]
| region24 = {{space|2}}{{DEN}}
|pop24 = 21,000
| pop24 = 37,876
|ref24 = <ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.statistik.at/pub/neuerscheinungen/vzaustriaweb.pdf Poles in Austria]}}</ref>
| ref24 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Statistics Denmark:FOLK1: Population at the first day of the quarter by sex, age, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship|url=http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/selectvarval/saveselections.asp|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref>
|region25 = [[Iceland]]
| region25 = {{space|2}}{{KAZ}}
|pop25 = 10,000
| pop25 = 34,057
|ref25 = <ref>[http://www.hagstofa.is/?PageID=626&src=/temp/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN12100%26ti=Mannfj%F6ldi+eftir+f%E6%F0ingarlandi+1981%2D2006+%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Faedingarland/%26lang=3%26units=Fjöldi www.hagstofa.is]</ref>
| ref25 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%9F%D0%9D2009_161110%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81.doc|title=Kazakhstan National Census 2009|website=Stat.kz}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|region26 = [[Turkey]]
| region26 = {{space|2}}{{RSA}}
|pop26 = 5,000
| pop26 = 30,000
|ref26 = <ref>[http://www.polonezkoy.com/index_eng.asp www.polonezkoy.com]</ref>
| ref26 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wspolnota-polska.org.pl/index.php?id=dubd2|title=Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Polska|author=Wspólnota Polska|website=Wspolnota-polska.org.pl|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|region27 = Rest of World
| region27 = {{space|2}}{{CZE}}
|pop27 = 1,145,000 <small>(est.)</small>
| pop27 = 20,305
|ref27 = <ref>[http://www.nasza-gazetka.com/Menu_Polonia/DIASPORA/DIASPORA.HTM Poles around the World (>polonia > statystyka)]</ref>
| ref27 = <ref>https://www.czso.cz/documents/11292/27914491/1612_c01t14.pdf/4bbedd77-c239-48cd-bf5a-7a43f6dbf71b?version=1.0</ref>
|languages=[[Polish language|Polish]]
| region28 = {{space|2}}{{PAR}}
|rels= Predominantly [[Roman Catholicism in Poland|Roman Catholicism]] with [[Polish Orthodox Church|Orthodox]], [[Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland|Protestant]], [[Atheism|Atheist]] and [[History of the Jews in Poland|Jewish]] minorities.
| pop28 = 16,748
| ref28 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acercandonaciones.com/news/ante-la-crisis-europa-y-el-mundo-miran-a-latinoamerica.html |title=Ante la crisis, Europa y el mundo miran a Latinoamérica |language=Spanish |publisher=Acercando Naciones |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094924/http://www.acercandonaciones.com/news/ante-la-crisis-europa-y-el-mundo-miran-a-latinoamerica.html |archive-date=2015-05-18 }}</ref>
| region29 = {{space|2}}{{UAE}}
| pop29 = 14,500
| ref29 = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| region30 = {{space|2}}{{GRE}}
| pop30 = 14,145
| region31 = {{space|2}}{{ISL}}
| pop31 = 10,540
| ref31 = <ref>[http://www.hagstofa.is/?PageID=626&src=/temp/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN12100%26ti=Mannfj%F6ldi+eftir+f%E6%F0ingarlandi+1981%2D2006+%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Faedingarland/%26lang=3%26units=Fjöldi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115210313/https://hagstofa.is/?PageID=626 |date=2017-11-15 }}</ref>
| region32 = {{space|2}}{{VEN}}
| pop32 = 9,000
| ref32 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=VE|title=Country – Venezuela : Joshua Project|website=Joshuaproject.net|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| region33 = {{space|2}}{{PER}}
| pop33 = 7,000
| ref33 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espejodelperu.com.pe/Poblacion-del-Peru/Migraciones-europeas-minoritarias.htm|title=Migraciones europeas minoritarias|author=Erwin Dopf|website=Espejodelperu.com.pe|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
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| rels = [[Christianity]]: Predominantly [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]<ref name="GUS99">GUS, ''[http://stat.gov.pl/download/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_ludnosc_stan_str_dem_spo_NSP2011.pdf Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludnosci 2011: 4.4. Przynależność wyznaniowa (National Survey 2011: 4.4 Membership in faith communities)]'' p. 99/337 (PDF file, direct download 3.3 MB). {{ISBN|978-83-7027-521-1}} {{nobreak|Retrieved 27 December 2014.}}</ref><br>
| related = Other [[West Slavs]]: [[Silesians]], [[Kashubians|Kashubs]], [[Czechs]], [[Slovaks]], [[Moravians]], [[Sorbs]], [[Wendland|Hanoverian Wends]](†), [[Obotrites]](†), [[Veleti]](†)
| region34 = {{space|2}}{{HUN}}
| pop34 = 5,730
| ref34 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/nepsz2011/nepsz_orsz_2011.pdf|title=2011 Census of Hungary|website=Ksh.hu|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-date=2019-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717211318/http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/nepsz2011/nepsz_orsz_2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region35 = {{space|2}}{{MDA}}
| pop35 = 4,174
| ref35 = <ref>2004 Moldovan census, including Transnistria</ref>
| region36 = {{space|2}}{{ROU}}
| pop36 = 3,671
| ref36 = <ref>2002 Romanian census.</ref>
| region37 = {{space|2}}{{SVK}}
| pop37 = 3,084
| ref37 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.statistics.sk/files/tab.11.pdf|title=Statistics|website=Portal.statistics.sk|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-date=2012-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417151247/http://portal.statistics.sk/files/tab.11.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region38 = {{space|2}}{{FIN}}
| pop38 = 3,000
| ref38 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinki.polemb.net/index.php?document=46|title=Placówki Dyplomatyczne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|website=Helsinki.polemb.net|access-date=14 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217040645/http://www.helsinki.polemb.net/index.php?document=46|archive-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>
| region39 = {{space|2}}{{NZL}}
| pop39 = 2,166
| ref39 = <ref name="2013 Census ethnic group profiles: Polish">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/ethnic-profiles.aspx|title=2013 Census ethnic group profiles|website=Stats.govt.nz|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-date=2017-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122041746/http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/ethnic-profiles.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region40 = {{space|2}}{{EST}}
| pop40 = 1,747
| ref40 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.ee/34267|title=Population by ethnic nationality|publisher=[[Statistics Estonia]]|access-date=30 March 2016|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104172617/http://www.stat.ee/34267|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| native_name_lang = pl
| population = {{circa|60 million}}<ref name=polmap>37.5–38 million in Poland and 21–22 million ethnic Poles or people of ethnic Polish extraction elsewhere. [http://polmap.pdg.pl/mapy/polonia_na_swiecie.htm "Polmap. Rozmieszczenie ludności pochodzenia polskiego (w mln)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730002747/http://polmap.pdg.pl/mapy/polonia_na_swiecie.htm |date=2015-07-30 }}</ref>
}}
The '''Polish people''', or '''Poles''' ({{lang-pl|Polacy}}, singular ''Polak'') asare a [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] [[nation]] and [[ethnic group]] native to [[Poland]], they are bounded by the [[Polish language]], which belongs to the [[Lechites|Lechitic]] subgroup of [[West Slavic languages|west slavic languages]] of [[Central Europe]], living mainly in [[Poland]]. Their religion is mainly [[Roman Catholic]]. They use modified Latin alphabet.
 
There are about 60 million Poles in the world. Besides Poland, many live in the [[United States]], [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], Germany, [[Canada]], France, the [[United Kingdom]], [[UkaineUkraine]] and elsewhere.
 
The most famous Poles are Pope John Paul II, [[Maria SłodowskaSkłodowska-Curie]], Nicolaud[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] and [[Lech Wałęsa]].
 
Polish namessurnames haveoften anend endingwith "-ski", "-ska", "-cki" or "-cka".
 
The most popular Polish surnames are Nowak and Kowalski.
 
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